PGA Tour Valspar Championship leaderboard http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/valspar-championship/leaderboard.html
Looking like a character out of Duck Dynasty, Graham DeLaet posted 5 birdies, an eagle mixed in with 2 bogeys and is T3 72 66 -4 going into this weekend at the Valspar Championship.
The leaders at -5-under 137 are two of the games good guys, Steve Stricker who also shot 66 and the ever chatty Will MacKenzie who shot 67 to sit one shot ahead of DeLaet (66), Bill Haas (67) and Daniel Berger (68).
Stricker, who is semi-retired at 49 and is slowly regaining his fitness after back surgery in 2014, holed out from the 10th fairway for an eagle, but still looks solid with the putter that has been the trademark of his game for so long.
MacKenzie on the other hand, says he may be the worst putter on tour, but his change to the claw grip has given him a chance to at least be competitive.
The headliner Jordan Spieth opened with 76, then hooked his opening drive into an unplayable lie on Friday for a bogey six, however he gathered himself and made it into the weekend with a 68 for a +2 144 to make the cut by one shot. He holed out 3 times from off the green including a chip in on the 15th for a birdie.
The leaderboard is crowded at the top. There is a large group at -3 that included Justin Thomas (67) Scott Brown (69) and Charles Howell III (72).
Keegan Bradley was leading after round one with a 67, today he is at home after a 79 on Friday. Also missing the cut that fell at +3 are the other Canadians, David Hearn 71 75, Mike Weir 74 73, Adam Hadwin 79 69, Austin Connelly 74 79, Nick Taylor 74 74
With only 8 strokes between 20 players we are heading for a shootout this weekend.
Bryan Angus
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